National Investigation Agency (NIA) performed searches and raids at 72 locations in several states, together with in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The massive raids had been carried out in reference to circumstances registered by NIA in opposition to gangster and their felony syndicate.
The NIA registered the case in 2022 after it emerged that terrorist outfits and terror components primarily based overseas had been working in tandem with leaders and members of organised felony gangs in northern states of the nation to commit focused killings and violent felony acts.
It had emerged that the terror-gangster-drug smuggler community was additionally engaged in smuggling terrorist {hardware} equivalent to arms, ammunition, explosives and IEDs throughout border by way of a widespread inter-state community of gunrunners, unlawful arms and ammunition producers and suppliers and explosive traffickers.Â
NIA declares Rs 15 lakh reward for information about Canada-based Sandhu
On February 15, a money reward of Rs 15 lakh was introduced by the NIA for info resulting in the arrest of Canada-based gangster-turned-terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias ‘Landa’, who is needed in reference to terror circumstances in Punjab, officers mentioned.
“A cash reward of Rs 15 lakh is announced for any information leading to arrest of Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias ‘Landa’,” the official spokesperson of the company mentioned, including the id of the informer will probably be saved secret.
A resident of Tarn Taran in Punjab, Sandhu, believed to be residing in Edmonton in Alberta in Canada, is an absconder and is needed by safety businesses in a case associated to the grenade assault on the Punjab Police intelligence headquarters in Mohali in 2022.
The NIA has succeeded in getting Canada-based Arsh Dalla designated as an “individual terrorist” by the Ministry of Home Affairs on January 9 in a separate case.
The NIA registered a basic case that pertains to terror actions of chiefs and members of proscribed terrorist organisations equivalent to Khalistan Liberation Force, Babbar Khalsa International and International Sikh Youth Federation.
Their actions embody smuggling of arms, ammunition, explosive and IEDs throughout worldwide borders to be used by operatives and members of terror outfits and organised felony gangs for finishing up terrorist acts in Punjab.
(With PTI enter)
